Greetings, music fans. In case you've been so busy binging House of Cards on Netflix that you didn't hear Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated new album dropped a week early, go check it out right now. To Pimp a Butterfly features multiple razor-sharp performances by Lamar, as well as contributions from guests including SZA, Flying Lotus, Snoop Dogg and more.

Also out this week is new stuff from Modest Mouse; Indiana folk-rock band Houndmouth; Oregon/Texas post-rock duo Inventions (Explosions in the Sky guitarist Mark Smith and Eluvium's Matthew Cooper) and Nebraska folk singer Simon Joyner, who is cited as an inspiration of Conor Oberst, Beck and other singer-songwriters.


Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
"i"



Modest Mouse, Strangers to Ourselves
"The Best Room"



Houndmouth, Little Neon Limelight
"Sedona"



Inventions, Maze of Woods
"Springworlds"



Simon Joyner, Grass, Branch & Bone
"You Got Under My Skin"